Saturday, May 27, 2006

Five days in Athens

Hello all, I'm back! This is long overdue, so many things happened, but I will try to be succinct!

Yes, both to and fro flights were quite pleasant, especially after listening to the Olympic Airlines' English (letse tsetremen=Ladies and Gentlemen), hilarious.My important meeting went well, but I can't say anything till I have more news...(yes, the mystery continues)My sister and nephew came to welcome us at the gorgeous Athens airport and the festivities began...

Saturday 20th of May - Eurovision party at my sister's house

My sister's dog, Norma, shows me how much she's missed me

My nephew, Nicholas, me and the dogs, Bruno and Norma

Me, Nicholas and his best friend Andreas. Last summer they were both shorter than me...

My sister, Liana and her sister, Marietta.The T-shirts were especially made by Liana for the night

Monday 22nd of May - The big 4-0 my God!

My sister bringing the cake. I invited a few close friends to my house and we had a lovely time.

Never mind the candles, the cake was yummy!

Yes, I made a wish before I blew the candles, but I'm not telling you what!

I'm effing 4o, so, what's with the smile?

I managed to see a lot of friends, unfortunately I visited my good friend Martha in the hospital. The best bit was that I enjoyed driving around Athens and listening to my music. I went to the Olympic Village and to the new shopping mall, called...The Mall. On Tuesday I went to the centre of Athens with the cable car and it was like when I was in a different city, not the Athens I once knew and hated.The heat was something else. A heatwave that made you ill. I wanted to go to the beach but there was no time.My next trip will be at the end of July, until the last days of August. I will go to Spetses, like every summer and just bask in the sun. That's all I do!

Hope you're having a fun weekend. Off to do some shopping now, there's nothing in my fridge! I will visit your blogs tomorrow.

I am glad you made it through your birthday - this coming from a 40 something veteran!

It sounds like you had a great time in Greece visiting your family. But it wasn't long enough, was it? It seems that it's never long enough to visit home when on lives far away from family.I will be going to visit my family with my 2 youngest kids the first 2 weeks of August!

I enjoyed looking at the photos & you're smiling simply BECAUSE you're 40!

Re: my Da Vinci Ode - the titles of some AC/DC songs are in my previous post. In case you were wondering...

Hi Forty Year Old Marietta, I remember when I was forty and it was one of those times when i really thought about life. I've always had a view that if you reach eighty in reasonable health then you haven't done bad. So at forty I was half way and did a lot of thinking. But as Koos says, you forget all about it and life goes on. Nice photos of your trip and I am mystified by your secret meeting etc. Are you going to any Who gigs? Enjoy the rest of your weekend. Mark

Hi Marietta-Great pics! Thanks for sharing. Family and friends - that's what it's all about...especially on your birthday.No time for the beach though?Oh man sweltering heat and no relief - that's kind of a bummer. Still you look happy!Take care,Love,Sue D.

Hello Love! I just love the name of the Mall! LOL made me crack up for sure! I also wonder if we guess what you wished for or if there is a similar wish to our guess are you giving out a prize? Hmmmm...must be a Greek one dahlin'!

Hi babes! your holidays sound lovely though I bet it seems far away now. Yesterday we recieved a postcard from your dear mommy Lia, so please thank her and say I hope we all meet again some dayjill xoxoxox

About Me

I come from Greece, but I live in London, UK. It was a life-long dream and I have been living it for the past 14 years. I love everything girly, pink, purple, sparkly and shabby chic. I am obsessed with makeup, I love doing beauty vlogs on YouTube and I hope that one day I can call myself a "beauty guru"...!